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Japan to Increase Renewable Energy among other Kyoto Measures

According to the Kyodo News, Japan will accelerate the introduction of renewable energy in its central government buildings in Tokyo as part of measures to achieve greenhouse gas reduction requirements under the Kyoto Protocol. The plan also includes measures to urge local governments, corporations and the public to make more efforts to save energy and reduce emissions of gases believed to contribute to global warming. It aims for a reform of social and economic practices in hopes of a sustainable and long-term reduction of the greenhouse gases. The government’s Global Warming Prevention Headquarters, headed by Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, will complete the final draft by the end of this month and it is expected to be approved by the Cabinet as early as in May. But issues including a proposed environment tax, which is opposed by the industrial sector, and the characterization of emissions trading remain unresolved among the environment, industry and other ministries concerned, and debate is likely to last throughout this month. Under the plan, Japan aims to keep its increase of carbon dioxide emissions from energy consumption in fiscal 2010 to just 0.6 per cent up from the level of fiscal 1990. When counted together with other […]

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EIA Forecasts Significant Geothermal Increases by 2025

Geothermal Energy Association, March 7, 2005 According to a report recently released by the Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy, total generation from green power facilities in the United States will increase by 130 billion kWh between 2003 and 2025. Specifically, the forecast projects that geothermal generation will increase from 13 billion kWh in 2003 to 33 billion kWh in 2025, citing this increase as “significant.” As a whole, however, renewable technologies are projected to grow slowly “because of the relatively low cost of fossil-fired generation,” with grid-connected generators using renewable fuels projected to remain minor contributors to U.S. electricity supply. The report finds that from 359 billion kWh in 2003 (9.3% of total generation), renewables increase to 489 billion kWh (8.5%) in 2025, with conventional hydropower remaining the major source. Non-hydro renewables account for 5.3% of projected capacity additions from 2003 to 2025, and 6.4% of the projected increase in generation that will grow from 84 billion kWh in 2003 (2.2% of generation) to 182 billion kWh in 2025 (3.2%). Additional figures of the Annual Energy Outlook 2005 show that total U.S. energy demand will increase from 98 to 133 quadrillion British thermal units; Imports will […]

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Green Energy Creates New York Jobs

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A Mighty Wind

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